Food Theory: Santa Made Sprite!

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  @williamborruso · 4 years ago · pinned

  This is one of those episodes I’ll keep coming back to to watch again and again to learn every bit of information that is in the video. Very informative, interesting and fun, like all of your theories Mat! I can’t count all the times I’ve been able to comment in a conversation with facts I learn from your videos. Tangential learning at it’s finest!<br>Merry Christmas everyone! Stay safe and have a happy new year!

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  @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache · 4 years ago

  You know Coca Cola is persistent when they still advertise tf out of their products during The Great Depression

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  @mrcookie5233 · 4 years ago

  As a German, I have never, EVER, heared of anybody hiding a pickle in the christmas tree XD

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  @rethinkOURreality · 4 years ago

  All of the detailed Santa lore is really neat, but I&apos;m also blown away by the fact that Sprite is actually lemon Fanta.

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  @countgrievous60 · 4 years ago

  As a European, I can say that with us (Belgium and I believe the Netherlands too), Saint Nicholas is a holy man that, just as you said, visits december 6th to leave presents. The days leading up, children can put their shoe next to the fireplace with a present either for him, his assistant or his horse for a little gift of chocolate, spiced biscuits or tangerines. In Dutch, his name is &apos;Sinterklaas&apos;.

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  @nyrdil · 4 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact. Coca Cola&apos;s sales crash every year around christmas in Sweden. Since we have a local thing called &quot;Must&quot; that we just consume milions of liters of during christmas and easter. So coca cola just gave up and made their own brand of must for the Swedish market. The coke sales just go down by 50% for like 2-3 months a year.

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  @jolllyrunz7567 · 4 years ago

  Food Theory educating me on, not only the theories that I never knew existed, but also its answers. Thank you.

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  @nathangamble125 · 4 years ago

  It&apos;s unfortunate that you missed out the connection with &quot;Father Christmas&quot;, a jolly character who represented the spirit of christmas, and eventually got merged with St Nicholas at some point a few hundred years ago. A lot of Santa&apos;s traits come from Father Christmas.<br>Santa is still often called &quot;Father Christmas&quot; in the UK.

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  @Greeb-7 · 4 years ago

  I feel like if mat started a History theory channel it would be pretty interesting making theories about unsolved mysteries or things that has happened in general, Its probably too different than the kind of theories we are used to but it could be cool

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  @LorrTube · 4 years ago (edited)

  Funny you should mention Haddon Sundblom, because he was the son of a Finnish immigrant and his image of Santa Claus would be shaped by the Nordic version of him and not the Southern European version of St. Nicholas. <br><br>The Finnish version of Santa Claus is based on Joulupukki. The literal translation means &quot;Yule goat&quot;, but is most often depicted as man in on a broad red coat that travels from farm to farm in a small sleigh pulled by a reindeer. He is believed to have a pagan origin and might predate St.Nicholas. <br><br>Given that Sundblom grew up with this image of Santa Claus, it is more likely that he based his illustrations the redcoat man pulled by reindeer then a Turkish catholic saint.<br><br>Edit: Thought reading about Joulupukki, he wasn&apos;t generally considered a nice guy. He usually entered a house asking &quot;Is there any nice children here?&quot; and if it wasn&apos;t...well, those kids were in mortal danger. He also demanded appeasements. Not milk and cookies, but more in line of real food and beer. So I guess He and St. Nicholas at some point did a Goku/Vegeta Fusion and &nbsp;became the Santa we know today.

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  @iridiumscribe4915 · 4 years ago

  Christmas in Russia is completely different from that in the United States and Europe. For New Years is the mega holiday in Russia. This time of year the trees are put up and decorated and presents are given under the tree by Ded Moroz or Father Winter. The Slavic equivalent of Santa Claus. He is the symbol of the Russian winter and he is often accompanied by a young woman which is his granddaughter named Snegurochka.

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  @moodymoosh · 4 years ago

  The &quot;Saint nick left money in women&apos;s shoes&quot; thing has kinda remained. In some european countries children leave out their shoes and get chocolate coins, presents and other treats in them.

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